95km, 28 to 36deg, cloud patches but fine. Breakfast of eggs, toast and tea/coffee was served up in a very grand looking dining area with fine furniture. The guides decided to bus us to a market-town about 20 minutes from the hotel and we spent an interesting half hour wandering around. The walk through the fresh/dried fish and meat areas really assaulted the senses. Nobody stopped for a snack, especially the two vegetarians who are with us. It was then onto the ...

105km, 29 to 40deg, 91% humidity, cloudy patches but fine. A few showers overnight made it a tad (more) humid early but it soon dried out. Due to the distance today we planned to ride away a little earlier than normal, but by the time we fiddled with the bikes we only got away at 7:45am. This part of the country was the capital of the old kingdom of Lower Burma, at its prime during the 9-11th century, although we saw no evidence from that period in our travels. F...